Evening Housekeeper

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time, 18 hours per week.

Would you like to join our existing small and friendly housekeeping team at Cirencester Hospital?

We are looking for someone to cover cleaning and catering across the hospital to ensure a welcoming, clean, and safe environment for our patients, their families and the wider team working on site.

The housekeeping role is an essential part of the day to day running of the hospital and ensures our patients and their families experience a high-quality service.

You'll be part of a great team of housekeepers, supported by Supervisors and our Facilities Managers on site.

Cirencester Hospital offers inpatient and outpatient services, a Minor Injuries Unit and x-ray and ultrasound services, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. The hospital supports 43 inpatient beds across two wards.

If you are willing to learn and will give us your time and commitment, we will give you all the training necessary to be a part of this great team and contribute to the success of our community hospital .

Main duties of the job

We pride ourselves on providing a clean environment for our patients and colleagues, this role involves carrying out the daily cleaning schedule as well as additional cleaning duties as required.

You will work alongside patients, colleagues and other visitors to our site; being professional and ensuring that you are working within the Trust Values.

This role also involves delivering patient meals and drinks on our inpatient wards.

A full induction and training as well as ongoing in house supervision will be provided

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Ensure the cleanliness of the environment in accordance with the National Specification of Cleanliness 2007 or equivalent and to the agreed work schedules. The post holder will clean all areas of the site using a range of methods e.g. High dusting, damp dusting, vacuuming and mopping, in line with the NHS Cleaning Manual.
• Be responsible for maintaining and replenishing stocks of consumable items used within the department, i.e.: paper hand towels, soap, in a safe and responsible manner.
• Adhere to all aspects of Infection Control in all areas of work, including the use of colour coded equipment to ensure there is no spread of infection.
• Follow local procedures for reporting areas cleaned and highlighting issues which have prevented duties being carried out.
• Undertake enhanced cleaning duties under the direction of the Facilities Supervisor.

• Distribute and store linen in a safe and responsible manner.
• Change curtains as required under the direction of the Facilities Supervisor /unit manager and in accordance with a curtain change programme.
• Assist with the removal of used linen and follow the rejected linen process.

• Receipt of chilled/frozen meals/stores, checking for quantity, quality and signing for all goods received, reporting of errors and unacceptable goods to the Facilities Supervisor.
• Responsible for the preparation of food service and the regeneration of chilled/frozen meals, according to guidelines/food safety instructions. Under Nursing supervision to plate up all meals, ensuring correct portioning and presentation of meals.
• Complete temperature control records to ensure compliance with food hygiene legislation, and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) requirements.
• Record and monitor food wastage, report discrepancies to the Facilities Supervisor.
• Cleaning of all Facilities equipment used for food preparation and during food service.
• Preparation, service and clearing up of inpatient beverage service, including the replenishment of water jugs, in accordance to the work schedule.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Basic Level of Education

• NVQ Level 1 in Cleaning or equivalent qualification or experience
• Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate (training will be given; willing to complete and pass)

Experience

• Previous experience of cleaning and catering duties within a similar working environment

Knowledge

• Basic understanding of cleaning and catering procedures

• Knowledge and understanding of COSHH (training will be given)

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Good luck with your application.